The measures available in this web platform are a compilation of the state of the art in Climate Change Adaptation. They provide information about all potential solutions to reduce the impacts, damage and vulnerability of any territory. The measures have been obtained from different EU-funded scientific research projects. They are classified to facilitate the selection, using the search engine and the filters available.
This is a live tool, and it welcomes new measures as the Climate Adaptation research and practice evolves. If you register, you can enter new measures, and use all of them to create a tailored strategy for the municipality, district or region of interest. Also they can be included in the prioritization tool to compare the impact of the measures, which supports Climate Action decision-making.
Inform local citizens and visitors about the major hazards through public meetings, flyers, website, training, collaborative platforms, brochures, public presentations, internet portals, etc.
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Adapt and improve the care services to help people face the impacts of climate change on health
Adapt the necessary current urban planning regulations so they help to achieve the climate change mitigation and adaptation goals and targets
Water abstraction structures are often designed to tackle a given range of water height at receiving water bodies, thus not allowing abstraction of water when flows are at lower levels. To increase the flexibility of abstraction structures it is of interest to face meteorological conditions conducing to drought.
An additional point of connection from the roof drainage rain water down pipe. Removing the first few mm of rain before discharging to the sewage network via an overflow system.
Type of natech trigger addressed: Earthquakes, Winds and storms
Establishment of a forest or stand of trees (forestation) in an area where there was no recent tree cover
The Alkborough tidal defence scheme increases the level of flood protection to an area
Impact addresed: Direct asset flooding cuts access to assets, endangering H&S of site staff
Analyse the social perception of the effects of climate change on the coast
Analyse how climate change specifically affects each district in order to identify possible risks and vulnerabilities (heat, presence of people vulnerable to climate change, buildings in a bad state of repair, a lack of green spaces, etc.) and define what specific action is required, in collaboration with existing plans and their updated versions, such as the Neighbourhood Plan or the Barcelona Green Infrastructure and Biodiveristy Plan
Type of natech trigger addressed: Earthquakes, Winds and storms, Flooding
Carry out a study of the potential economic impacts of climate change on each sector of the city
Study the energy impact of supplying water (desalination plant, regenerated water plants, etc.)
Decide which zones need more thermoregulatory vegetation, those where it is not necessary and where xerophile vegetation is already sufficient
A beach’s size, width, slope, shape, and sand volume help determine how well the beach can protect a developed area during a storm.
A bioretention area is a stormwater treatment system that is a depression integrated into the landscape. A bioretention area captures runoff from an impervious surface and allows that water to infiltrate through the soil media. As the water infiltrates, pollutants are removed from the stormwater runoff through a variety of mechanisms including adsorption, microbial activity, plant uptake, sedimentation, and filtration. Some of the incoming runoff is temporarily held by the soil of the bioretention area and later leaves the system by way of evapotranspiration or exfiltration to the ground water.
A bioswale consists of a shallow trench or a small depression in the ground, with vegetation and porous bottom, made with natural materials such as plants, rocks and soil. In these systems, the water that flows from roofs and streets is not only channeled into the sewers but also conducted in the bioswale through gutters and/or ditches above ground. For most of the year, the bioswale remains dry, filling up with water only during heavy rainfall.
Type of natech trigger addressed: Earthquakes, Winds and storms, Flooding
